Quotations – Page 247

The politics of fear and political hysteria

Feb 5, 2008

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The history in this county to me, is that the counter subversives, starting with the alien and sedition acts — way back in — after the revolutionary war, they always do more damage than the subversives they’re out to counter; and that’s the lesson that we ought to take from it.Victor Navasky, author of “Naming…

Steadfast

Feb 5, 2008

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Dr Wingnut

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I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard.William Lloyd Garrison

A runner’s creed

Feb 3, 2008

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Dr Wingnut

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A runner’s creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be third; if I cannot place at all, I shall still do my best.Ken Doherty

Code monkeys throwing their turds around

Feb 2, 2008

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Dr Wingnut

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There never has been, nor will there ever be, any language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code.Donald Knuth

Fear

Feb 2, 2008

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Dr Wingnut

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Fear is only an illusion. It is the illusion that creates the feeling of separateness — the false sense of isolation that exists only in your imagination.Jeraldine Sounders